[sdiy] Recovery

[drheqx]

Way OT , but...

I did not think that you could uplink to a satellite from your house.
Why would they let you do that? It was my impression that the phone
connection used by the sat. modem was the uplink using traditional land
line, and that you were getting only the downlink part from the dish.

Then again, you have Irridium satellite based two way radio, so I
suppose it is possible.

heqx


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of KA4HJH
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 2:05 AM
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Recovery

>> What has this got to do with Synth-DIY? Well it -was- DIY, and it
-is-
>> the
>> method I use to access the Synth-DIY list.
>
>FWIW, my wife and I just moved to rural Oregon from downtown Chicago,
>and were somewhat stumped as to what to do about broadband. I ended up
>getting a 2-way satellite connection from DirecWay/Hughes. No DIY at
>all; literally plug-n-play. The installer guy dropped the modem on my
>desk, I ran a cable from the router to same, and presto. It's an odd
>connection that takes some getting used to, (downstream is fast as a
>greased wombat, while upstream is modem-esque) but the cool factor is
>quite high, what with a two-way satellite dish sprouting out of my new
>digs.

How much are you paying? I looked at their web site recently and it was
pretty pricey, especially for Mac/Linux users because you have to get
the
ethernet version.

>For the record, it doesn't look anything like a Dish Network/Direct TV
>dish. It has a much larger and more old-school antenna portion, and is
>affixed with three steel struts rather than the single one that the
>television folks use. I assume this is because it needs a more stable
>platform to transmit with any accuracy.

Yes, it's because of the uplink.

-- 

Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"



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